elf draw by gabewizz

Format: Commander

Commander: Thranduil, the Elvenking

Bracket: 4

Deck overview

This is a Sultai Elfball deck helmed by Thranduil, the Elvenking, built to flood the board with Elf mana dorks, generate explosive quantities of mana, and convert that into a win through one of several overlapping lines. The primary plan is classic Elf tribal: deploy 1-drop dorks, scale mana with Elvish Archdruid, Priest of Titania, Gaea's Cradle, Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, and Seedborn Muse, then win via Ezuri, Renegade Leader's overrun, an infinite-mana loop with Dionus, Elvish Archdruid + Heritage Druid, or by drawing the deck with Glimpse of Nature/Kindred Discovery into Thassa's Oracle. Thranduil himself is a card-advantage engine (draw two on legendary Elf ETB) and a graveyard toolbox, gaining the activated abilities of every Elf in the yard - a unique twist that Entomb and Buried Alive feed.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Abomination of Llanowar
  • 1 Arbor Elf
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Arwen, Weaver of Hope
  • 1 Barkchannel Pathway // Tidechannel Pathway
  • 1 Beast Whisperer
  • 1 Bloodstained Mire
  • 1 Bloom Tender
  • 1 Breeding Pool
  • 1 Burgeoning
  • 1 Buried Alive
  • 1 Carpet of Flowers
  • 1 Cavern of Souls
  • 1 Clearwater Pathway // Murkwater Pathway
  • 1 Coiling Oracle
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Cultivate
  • 1 Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway
  • 1 Daze
  • 1 Devoted Druid
  • 1 Dionus, Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Distant Melody
  • 1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
  • 1 Eladamri, Korvecdal
  • 1 Elrond, Lord of Rivendell
  • 1 Elrond, Master of Healing
  • 1 Elves of Deep Shadow
  • 1 Elvish Archdruid
  • 1 Elvish Mystic
  • 1 Entomb
  • 1 Erestor of the Council
  • 1 Exotic Orchard
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Ezuri, Renegade Leader
  • 1 Fierce Guardianship
  • 1 Flare of Denial
  • 1 Flooded Strand
  • 1 Force of Negation
  • 1 Force of Will
  • 1 Fyndhorn Elves
  • 1 Gaea's Cradle
  • 1 Galadriel of Lothlórien
  • 1 Galadriel, Elven-Queen
  • 1 Galadriel, Gift-Giver
  • 1 Glimpse of Nature
  • 1 Growing Rites of Itlimoc // Itlimoc, Cradle of the Sun
  • 1 Heritage Druid
  • 1 High Perfect Morcant
  • 1 Kindred Discovery
  • 1 Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
  • 1 Lathril, Blade of the Elves
  • 1 Leaf-Crowned Visionary
  • 1 Leyline of Abundance
  • 1 Llanowar Elves
  • 1 Llanowar Wastes
  • 1 Mana Confluence
  • 1 Marwyn, the Nurturer
  • 1 Mathise, Surge Channeler
  • 1 Mental Misstep
  • 1 Mindbreak Trap
  • 1 Misty Rainforest
  • 1 Morphic Pool
  • 1 Nature's Lore
  • 1 Nissa, Resurgent Animist
  • 1 Nurturing Peatland
  • 1 Otawara, Soaring City
  • 1 Overgrown Tomb
  • 1 Pact of Negation
  • 1 Pact of the Serpent
  • 1 Path of Ancestry
  • 1 Polluted Delta
  • 1 Priest of Titania
  • 1 Rashmi, Eternities Crafter
  • 1 Rejuvenating Springs
  • 1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Selvala, Heart of the Wilds
  • 1 Skullclamp
  • 1 Skyshroud Claim
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Species Specialist
  • 1 Subtlety
  • 1 Thassa's Oracle
  • 1 Thranduil the Strategist
  • 1 Thranduil, Sindarin Liege // Silvan Rally
  • 1 Thranduil, the Elvenking
  • 1 Underground River
  • 1 Undergrowth Stadium
  • 1 Utopia Sprawl
  • 1 Vanquisher's Banner
  • 1 Verdant Catacombs
  • 1 Waterlogged Grove
  • 1 Watery Grave
  • 1 Wild Growth
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wirewood Channeler
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Yavimaya Coast
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth
  • 1 Zagoth Triome